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Can a conditional economic bump help improve overall health? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Florida's Elizabeth Shenkman is tracking the effects of money spent specifically on one’s health.

People cite procrastination as a major factor influencing productivity in a negative way. In today's Academic Minute, Penn State University's David Rosenbaum a psychologist at Penn State University, has coined the term "precrastination."

On our Sept. 5 program, the University of Virginia's Josipa Roksa joins Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik and moderator Casey Green to talk about the findings of her new book, Aspiring Adults Adrift, and Goucher College President José Antonio Bowen discusses the change in his college's admissions policy that will allow students to apply with only a two-minute video -- no transcript, no essays.

Inside Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman lead a free webinar on The Quest for Critical Thinking -- why colleges care about it so much, how they define it and how they try to assure their students engage in it.